LaTendresse's catch total was just two shy of Georgia Tech's team total. Both the 16 catches and the 214 yards were career highs.

"They had a good game plan," Tech cornerback Kenny Scott said. "He found the holes in our defense again and again."

LaTendresse came into the game with 29 catches for 596 yards this season. But with leading receiver John Madsen out because of an injury, he became the featured target, especially against a defense trying to cover him over the middle with safeties and linebackers.

"The coverage they were playing and the way they blitz, I was open all day," he said. "We saw it on tape and practiced it for a month."

The preparation time paid off against Johnson as well. Utah's Eric Weddle, the Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year, forced Tech quarterback Reggie Ball to throw to other receivers with his tight coverage of Johnson.Weddle is the second straight cornerback to hold Johnson to two catches or less. Georgia's DeMario Minter limited Johnson to two catches for 14 yards in the regular-season finale.